Vehicle-wheel.



M. D. KRESPACH in R. HAZELEY.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 17.` 1912.

Patented 00h28, 1913.

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tutti To all Awiiom t may concern:

:es enrnnr' orrion Menem n. Konsorten eeen remite-n; ernennen; or rntrnetonnrnfm, rnnnornvemn, eneronone fro retirer. Wnnilzn eminenti; .e oonronnrrttw' or new" innere",

ild't'tttrlitlltie I Be known that We, lli/inertie @il Rinne rAoH sind dnilreslt. ideeen-nr eitirtens of the UnitedStates, residing et lhi'ledelphio, 1n the county of Philadelphie ond State of Pennoyleenie here iii-vented terminnew and useful improvements in Vehiele-Wheelsy;

of which the following is e specification.

@or invention relates to improvements in v'ehioie wheels end particularly to e wheel having the spokes eontignous et their inner ends end to which ore bolted upon eeen eide thereof motel Hongos having sleeves torming the hub oi the Wheel.

`he object ot our invention is to construct it wheel having; the contiguous spokes se of the keywvey square than 'round and the cured together hy e key which Wiil rigidiy hold the spokes together :it the hub of the spolre, Without removing the other spokes or Y spokes nifty he placed eide by side, and the the telly.

. Referring to the eceomponying drawingin which like referenoes reier to like perte@ Figure l is e side elevation ot ii portion oi f our improved wheel; Fig. 2, e, perspective view of the-inner end oi' one of the spokes,

showing thefdoveteii key-wey; Fig. 3, is o. perspective view of one ont 'the keys detached ond Fi .4, is e. horizontal section on line 4-4, *ign l. Y L i n the drawing' l, represents the folly end 2 the spokes. rlhe inner ends of the epokee` ore 4nitide wedgeshnpe, so that the adjacent Surfaces ol the spokes will fit together', as shown in Figi. Each s aoke is provided With dovetoil lief/weve d, iiormed in the opposite feces thereof. Seid kejyoveys fi extend longitudinally and ere formed in the faces of the spoke which Contact with vthe' edjacent spokes. The key 5 is provided, upon its sides, with grooves, forming vbeveled edges 6, which correspond with the dovetnil Y surfeoes 8, :t'oriningthe sides et the keywoy et, The keys ore double the thickness ot the depth oi' the keyfvveys fi, formed in the spoke, so thet one half of the key will beV w Gleim and dee-1re to secure by Lettere Patent :n

l. ln it Wheel, the combination of spokes contained in erich of the adjacent spokes,

The keywov d-fforined in the spoke ein tende from the inner' end-,of the spoke to "Within e short dietenee of the outer edge of the energed shoulder of theepoloe; tiros eelltleetlon ot Lettere let'ont.

` ond linififte tifo' ont-ward' movement of the leaving n solid portion of the snolte :it the einer endl ot* the keyweywvieh forme :i stop he 55. Tirev Seidl Solidp'ortioo of clio simuldel;` of the spokes beer against each other. when the wheel'is assembled* and o selle-: mehr ie time formed which gives great strength to the wheel end the letter is not weakened hv the key-Willys foi-ined in the spokes es seid keywoye do not extend entirely through the shoulders oi? the spokes. The end l0, oit' the key 5, 'hoe the corners rounded ont, so es to avoid the necessity of nielringr squere corners in the lieg/wey Li, termed in the Afnces'ofthe spoke. lt being (ill Gti

e more difiioult operetion 'to ont the corners rounded corners of the kevin/ey sil-ves the meter-inl ot" the epolre ond gives; it vmore strength.

'The wheel nievhe oesenibled by placing Ni Y the lrey 5 in one spolre und sli ping thenent spoke over the portion of. the Ley llsrfn'eeting out oi' the tiret mentioned spo" e or the keys driven into the .lrey-woys, from the oentrol opening oit" the wheel. Thus rigidly holding1 the spokes together to ree-ist e laterelstrilin upon the'vvvheel. Y

A3 Wheel may hereadily repeiredwhen it isconstrnctek iii-this nienner. A broken spoke may he'renioved Without removingn the folly, by first removing the metal hub .enges, Vwhich ere not shown in the drowing0 then by owing or cutting ovvoy. the broken spoke leo that it con be removed from the Wheeh' end ltlieltelvs removed et the sides of the space formed by the .ref

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movel of 'the spoke. nevv spolre'is now inserted by placing the enter end oi the 9 spoke in '.the recess in the jelly, Aend by ,sliding the inner 'end of the spoke eidewise' into the epace between the other spokes, new keys are non inserted into the lrevwoye formed et each side of the new spoke hy vdrivingr theA keys from the eentral, opening of the Wheel. Thus o, nevv'spoke'oen be readily inserted Without disturbing; the other spokes or the telly. -A Havingl thus described our invention, We

having` "longitudinal do'vetail-4 lreywnye formed intheir 'oontiguons surfaces,V e rif` movable' lroy fitting into'said key-Ways, and

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' .iu two of the contiguous spols.

said koy having mmh-d cdgos formed thel'ot on corresponding to the hoy-nys formed contiguous surfaces, :i I :oy sented in said key-nys formed in two of the contiguous 15 Spokes, one end of the said key being' rounded, u stop formed by the solid portion of the spokes zit the outer end of the key-ways :uid Suid stop boing rounded to correspond to the round end of the key. 20 In totluony whereof we have aHiXed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MARTN D. KRESPACH. JAMES R. HAZELEY.

Witnesses IDA M. BAsFoRD, L. M. CANNON. 

